Sydney Antique Rally September 2012. Clarendon Classic.
Club Tractor Trek – Sunday 15 April 2012, by Ian Browning, Pictures by Tim Brodie.
When we arrived at Col Fotheringham’s place at Freemans Reach at ten past seven, there was already quite a crowd, and breakfast was well under way. At the appointed hour, we headed off through a labyrinth of byroads to our morning tea stop near the old Ebenezer Church by the river. Then on past Tizzana Winery and the Sackville Ferry and many more back roads, eventually returning to our starting point for a relaxed BBQ lunch. There were something like 30 vehicles with double that number of people, with a wide variety of tractors and vintage vehicles, some participating in a trek for the first
time. Some locals commented they did not know of some of the roads we traversed, and we had minimal impact on other traffic. One of my impressions was of some flood prone areas, heavy infestations of unwanted weeds along some roads, and a lot of water weed in the lagoon near Tizzana that might be water hyacinth. Horses appear to be the main pursuit by residents along the route, but there are some market gardens, chicken farms and cattle, including a couple of interesting breeds like black Brahman and belted Galloway. We noticed an Alpaca guarding one herd of cattle. It was altogether a great event, and our thanks go to organizers Joe and Col and Col’s family who all obviously put in a lot of effort. Did I hear talk of next time? I hope
so!
Hawkesbury Show 2012. by Ron Irving, Pictures By Tim Brodie
Like many of the long time members of the club, I felt this was one of the better shows we have ever had. The weather was perfect which brought the crowds out and there was nothing much in the show to compete with us for the attention of the adults. The water from wet weather earlier in the month had taken a long time to disperse and a quagmire was narrowly avoided by a working group of Ian and Miles Browning, spreading some dirt to fill in
some low areas, Morrie Barrett, Don Scanes, Lawrie Winney and me covering that with harder fill on Thursday and Lawrie bringing in a pump to drain the pool which was running under our shed keeping it wet. We should think of arranging a permanent pump setup to prevent future problems as there is nowhere for the pool to go otherwise. The baked dinner was very pleasant with good food, good company in a pleasant environment. Perseverance award must surely go to Alan & Graham Mitchell who had carburettor problems Saturday morning with their Hornsys (a rebadged K&L Triumph)
(correct spelling! – Ed.) followed by total failure of the circulation pump. They kept it going all Sunday for short runs where the heat build up allowed.
The 2012 Great Snowy River Tractor Stampede
Report by Ian Browning, Pictures by Tim Brodie.
Just back from this great event. It was truly the best organised and meticulously planned event I have ever participated in! Congratulations to Maurie Cole and his co-helpers from the Bega & District Historical Machinery Club.
About 40 tractors did the whole 500+Km trek, joined by a contingent of about 10 Victorians for a couple of days. Starting at Bombala, we were treated to many highlights of the Snowy high country, including McKillops Bridge (the original bridge was washed away in 1935 before it was officially opened, so it was rebuilt a couple of metres higher), Buchan Caves (the one we toured was the best cave I have ever seen), the Wallace Graigie Lookout (totally enshrouded in fog, so we missed the spectacular view!), and not to be overlooked, the mighty Snowy River itself, along which we travelled for a
considerable distance. Never having seen this river before, I can now understand why there has been so much angst about its reduced flow due to the
Snowy Scheme storages. Here are just a few photos of these highlights.
Report by Ian Browning, Pictures by Tim Brodie.
Just back from this great event. It was truly the best organised and meticulously planned event I have ever participated in! Congratulations to Maurie Cole and his co-helpers from the Bega & District Historical Machinery Club.
About 40 tractors did the whole 500+Km trek, joined by a contingent of about 10 Victorians for a couple of days. Starting at Bombala, we were treated to many highlights of the Snowy high country, including McKillops Bridge (the original bridge was washed away in 1935 before it was officially opened, so it was rebuilt a couple of metres higher), Buchan Caves (the one we toured was the best cave I have ever seen), the Wallace Graigie Lookout (totally enshrouded in fog, so we missed the spectacular view!), and not to be overlooked, the mighty Snowy River itself, along which we travelled for a
considerable distance. Never having seen this river before, I can now understand why there has been so much angst about its reduced flow due to the
Snowy Scheme storages. Here are just a few photos of these highlights.
